Zitkala-Sa (1876-1938) was editor of American Indian Magazine and founder of the National Council of American Indians, the tribal advocacy group that she led until her death. Cathy N. Davidson teaches English at Duke University, where she is Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies. Ada Norris is a Ph.D. candidate in the English Department at Duke.

• American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings - Zitkala-Sa Introduction and Notes by Cathy N. Davidson and Ada NorrisAcknowledgmentsIntroductionSuggestions for Further ReadingChronologyA Note on the TextsI. Old Indian LegendsPrefaceIktomi and the DucksIktomi's BlanketIktomi and the MuskratIktomi and the CoyoteIktomi and the FawnThe Badger and the BearThe Tree-BoundShooting of the Red EagleIktomi and the TurtleDance in a Buffalo SkullThe Toad and the BoyIya, the Camp-EaterManstin, the RabbitThe Warlike SevenII. American Indian StoriesImpressions of an Indian ChildhoodThe School Days of an Indian GirlAn Indian Teacher Among IndiansThe Great SpiritThe Soft-Hearted SiouxThe Trial PathA Warrior's DaughterA Dream of Her GrandfatherThe Widespread Enigma Concerning Blue-Star WomanAmerica's Indian ProblemIII. Selections from American Indian MagazineThe Indian's Awakening (January-March 1916)A Year's Experience in Community Service Work Among the Ute Tribe of Indians (October-December 1916)The Red Man's America (January-March 1917)Chipeta, Widow of Chief Ouray (July-September 1917)A Sioux Woman's Love for Her Grandchild (October-December 1917)Editorial Comment (July-September 1918)Indian Gifts to Civilized Man (July-September 1918)Secretary's Report in Brief (July-September 1918)Editorial Comment (Winter 1919)America, Home of the Red Man (Winter 1919)The Coronation of Chief Powhatan Retold (Winter 1919)Letter to the Chiefs and Headmen of the Tribes (Winter 1919)Editorial Comment (Spring 1919)Editorial Comment (Summer 1919)An Indian Praying on the Hilltop (Summer 1919)Address by the Secretary-Treasurer, Society of American Indians Annual Convention (Summer 1919)IV. Poetry, Pamphlets, Essays, and SpeechesSide by Side (March 1896)A Ballad (January 1897)Iris of Life (November 1898)A Protest Against the Abolition of the Indian Dance (August 1902)The Menace of Peyote (ca. 1916)Americanize the First American (1921)Bureaucracy Versus Democracy (1921)A Dakota Ode to Washington (1922)California Indian Trails and Prayer Trees (1922)Lost Treaties of the California Indians (1922)The California Indians of Today (1922)Heart to Heart Talk (1922)Explanatory Notes